unemployed

nouns

people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)
"the long-term unemployed need assistance"
unemployed, unemployed people

adjectives

not engaged in a gainful occupation
"unemployed workers marched on the capital"
unemployed
antonym
employed
is similar to
having lost your job
discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped
is similar to
not having a job
"idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
idle, jobless, out of work
see also
not in action or at work
"an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
idle